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RESIL'IENT FRAME ATTACHMENT FOR MATS.

Patented Mar. 1892.

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STATES ARTHUR JOHN WORRALL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO THOMAS'BALL, OF SAME PLACE.

RESILIENT FRAME ATTACHMENT FOR MATS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,614, dated March 8,1892.

Application filed February 26, 1891. Serial No. 383,017- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR JOHN WVOR- RALL, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Mat, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mats and rugs; and the objectsin view are to provide a mat or rug which will lie flat upon the floorand resume such position when the same is accidentally or otherwiseturned up at any point thereof.

With this object in' view the invention consists of a strip or series ofsteel strips of flat or round or any other shaped wire secured to theunder side or on the face of or between the under side and face of mator rug.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of a mat orrug constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesection. Figs. 3and4are details in plan of the joints between thelongitudinal and transverse strips, the same being modifications of thatshown in Fig. 1. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are details of modified formsof strips.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 denotes an ordinary rug or mat, and to the under side of the samethere is secured a pair of longitudinal strips 3 and transverse strips2, preferably of steel. The strips 2 and 3 are, as before stated, uponthe under side of the mat and are located adjacent to the edges of thesame. These strips may be secured to the mat in any suitable manner, butin the present instance are covered with calico and then sewed to mat.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I may vary the manner of connecting the endsof the strips, which are herein shown as centrally riveted together, asat 6, or as shown in Fig. 4. The manner of connecting the strips to themat or rug may be varied at will, as well as the manner of connectingthe strips to each other. A mat or rug thus provided will retain itsshape and lie flat upon the floor, and if any of its corners or sidesbecome accidentally turned the strips will serve to return the same toits original position. If desired, I may cover the strips with linenpaper, rubber, or any other fabric or material. If desired, I may makesmall perforations in strips 2 and 3, through which I may sew the sameto mat. As shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, I may substitute for the strips 2and 3 crimped wire 7, 8, and 9, which may be located near the edges orthroughout the whole back of mat. If desired, I will have the mat soWoven that I can insert a steel down each four corners of mat or rug,then rivet and sew up the four corners.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The mat or rug havingacontinuous resilient frame of spring material applied to the under sideand extending along all the edges thereof, substantially as specified.

2. The mat or rug having aresilient frame consisting of a wire coiled orconvoluted and arranged in a zigzag line around the edges of a mat,substantially as specified.

3. The mat or rug having a resilient frame applied thereto andconsisting of a springwire bent in zigzag form, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR JOHN WORRALL.

Witnesses:

THOS. W. BALL, LoUIs HILKE.

